Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1981

Wednesday 11 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 85 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Wednesday 11 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 12 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 10:13 on Wed 11 Nov to 06:26 on Thu 12 Nov.

    1981-11-11T02:13:07Z → 1981-11-11T22:26:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 11th, 11:38–12:26 on the 12th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 5090 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1981: Wednesday 11 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1981 falls on Wednesday 11 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:13 on Wed 11 Nov to 06:26 on Thu 12 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1981/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 11 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/kartiki-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 15 Rasayatra, (nisithavyapini, i.e. covering a period from 24 minutes before to 24 minutes after midnight. If occurs on two days or does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the second day), Puskar Fair. Ratha yatra (Jain), Tripurotsava (evening), Kedara vrata (Orissa), Kartiki purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:13 → 14:2611:1348 min11:130 min11 Nov
Chicago20:13 → 16:2611:1048 min11:110 min11 Nov
Jersey City21:13 → 17:2611:1648 min11:160 min11 Nov
Port of Spain22:13 → 18:2611:2648 min11:260 min11 Nov
London02:13 → 22:2611:2048 min11:200 min11 Nov
Durban04:13 → 00:2611:1648 min11:160 min11 Nov
Dubai06:13 → 02:2611:3948 min11:390 min11 Nov
Delhi07:43 → 03:5611:4148 min11:410 min11 Nov
Kolkata07:43 → 03:5610:5648 min10:570 min11 Nov
Singapore09:43 → 05:5611:5548 min11:550 min11 Nov
Sydney13:13 → 09:2612:150 min12:160 min12 Nov
Suva14:13 → 10:2611:260 min11:270 min12 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
kartiki-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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